Silica fume and waste glass in cement concrete production: A review

A Mehta, DK Ashish - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The vast emission of greenhouse gases from industrial wastes is a global problem. The non-
biodegradable nature of industrial wastes like silica fume, glass, bottom ash, and rubber …

Modification of lightweight aggregate concretes with silica nanoparticles—A review

K Federowicz, M Techman, M Sanytsky, P Sikora - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of lightweight concrete (LWC) for structural and non-structural applications has
attracted great interest in recent years. The main benefits include reduced deadload of …

Effects of colloidal nano-silica on fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting lightweight concrete

OA Naniz, M Mazloom - Journal of Building Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of different levels of colloidal nano-silica
(CS) on fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting lightweight concrete (SCLC). For …

Total and initial fracture energies of self-compacting lightweight concrete containing silica fume and nano-silica

SH Ahmadi, M Mazloom, H Salehi - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
In this research, the effect of varying cement substitution materials on the fracture behavior of
self-compacting lightweight concrete (SCLC) was experimented with using work of fracture …

Impact of using different amounts of polyolefin macro fibers on fracture behavior, size effect, and mechanical properties of self-compacting lightweight concrete

M Karamloo, O Afzali-Naniz… - Construction and Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effect of polyolefin macro fibers on fracture, fresh and hardened state
properties of self-compacting lightweight concrete (SCLC) has been assessed. To do so …

Fracture behavior of self-compacting semi-lightweight concrete containing nano-silica

O Afzali-Naniz, M Mazloom - Advances in Structural …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates the effects of colloidal nano-silica content on the fracture parameters
and brittleness of self-compacting semi-lightweight concrete. For this purpose, eight mix …

Predicting the behaviour of self-compacting concrete incorporating agro-industrial waste using experimental investigations and comparative machine learning …

SNR Shah, GR Siddiqui, N Pathan - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the effects of the silica fume (SF) and fly ash (FA) together as a binary
replacement of cement on the behaviour of self-compacting concrete (SCC) using …

Electrical resistivity of steel fibre-reinforced concrete—Influencing parameters

S Cleven, M Raupach, T Matschei - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a systematic study of the electrical resistivity of different steel fibre-
reinforced concretes with fibre contents from 0 kg/m3 to 80 kg/m3 in order to identify possible …

Assessment of the influence of micro-and nano-silica on the behavior of self-compacting lightweight concrete using full factorial design

O Afzali-Naniz, M Mazloom - Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2019 - Springer
The effects of different replacement levels of micro-silica (MS), colloidal nano-silica (CS) and
also the combined addition of MS and CS on the behavior of self-compacting lightweight …

Effects of silica fume, superplasticizer dosage and type of superplasticizer on the properties of normal and self-compacting concrete

M Mazloom, A Soltani, M Karamloo… - Advances in Materials …, 2018 - techno-press.org
In the present study, a special attention has been paid to the effects regarding the use of
different superplasticizers in different dosages. To do so, 36 mixes of normal and self …